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Maynard committee accepts several grants totaling multiple awards, allocates funds to instruction
Summary
The committee voted to accept and allocate multiple state/federal grants (IDEA early childhood special education, Innovation Career Pathways implementation and planning, Middle School Partnership) and directed allocations to instructional cost center 2000; the vote carried with Hillary absent.
District staff summarized a package of grant awards and applications and clarified intended cost centers before the committee moved to accept and allocate the funds. The grant awards and proposed allocations reported in the meeting packet included an IDEA award for $365,000, an Early Education SPED fund of $8,132 (fund code 262), an Innovation Career Pathways implementation grant (fund 419) for $75,000, an Innovation Career Pathways planning grant (fund 436) for $155,000, and a Middle School Partnership Grant (fund 424) for $24,000. Staff recommended allocating the funds to cost center 2000 (instructional).
Committee members asked for clarification about which grants support computer science and which support business pathways; staff confirmed the implementation grant supports computer science while the planning grant supports DECA/business pathways. Discussion included the treatment of contract services in cost-center assignments, and the business office confirmed that grants will be tracked throughout the year.
A motion to accept and allocate the listed grants was made and seconded. The roll-call vote was recorded as: Mary — yes; Alexis — yes; Maro — yes; Natasha — yes. Hillary was not present for the vote. The motion carried.
Committee members and staff expressed appreciation for competitive grant-writing work and noted these grants are expected to support instruction, career pathways and middle-school partnerships. Staff said the business office will continue to monitor grant spending and return any unspent funds as required by grant timelines.
No additional formal actions were recorded on the grants beyond acceptance and allocation; the committee will receive regular reports on grant implementation and compliance.
